Firstly, this is not schadenfreude on my part; I've suffered flooding in the past and I know it's bloody awful and I know it could hit here in NL despite the defences and water management. But it's been raining a lot here as well (weather from the west hits here just after it hits Britain and meltwater from the Alps ends up here) and in theory NL is the most floodable country in Europe, perhaps even the world except for Bangladesh. So why are we OK over here, and Britain is suffering such a mess?
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Why is Britain flooded while Holland isn't?
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Why is Britain flooded while Holland isn't?
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
Their dykes are good at holding back water... Ours obviously aren't
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostFirstly, this is not schadenfreude on my part; I've suffered flooding in the past and I know it's bloody awful and I know it could hit here in NL despite the defences and water management. But it's been raining a lot here as well (weather from the west hits here just after it hits Britain and meltwater from the Alps ends up here) and in theory NL is the most floodable country in Europe, perhaps even the world except for Bangladesh. So why are we OK over here, and Britain is suffering such a mess?
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostTheir dykes are good at holding back water... Ours obviously aren't
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Holland has been built specifically to resist flooding. It is designed to continually drain, otherwise it would be flooded every year.
Britain wasn't.
HTH.Comment
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Partly because the Government (probably mostly Labour, although the Tories have put their hands up for some of the blame) decided that dredging waterways was a waste of money and cancelled a lot of this a few years ago.
I was in Umberleigh in Devon a couple of weeks ago, where the river overflowed its banks pretty badly two years ago. (It was on TV.) But having been dredged since then, the river was still at a safe level despite all the rain and floods elsewhere.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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I wondered that earlier in the week - Lack of flood defenses.
Really good (IMO) blog here
http://why-does-britain-flood-more-readily.htmlIf it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,it must be a duckComment
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Normally when I watch the news this time of year, you see the flooding is in Germany, Austria and Northern Italy but so far, nothing. If you saw the flooding along the Elbe last year, blimey...“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Lots of flooding in Brittany too. It doesn't make the headlines here though.
Does the lack of hills make a difference to Holland? Their defences are more to do with keeping the sea out, whereas here we have half the rainfall of southern England rapidly running downhill into the Thames.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostFirstly, this is not schadenfreude on my part; I've suffered flooding in the past and I know it's bloody awful and I know it could hit here in NL despite the defences and water management. But it's been raining a lot here as well (weather from the west hits here just after it hits Britain and meltwater from the Alps ends up here) and in theory NL is the most floodable country in Europe, perhaps even the world except for Bangladesh. So why are we OK over here, and Britain is suffering such a mess?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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